The state of being free; exemption from the power and control of another; liberty; independence. Made captive, yet deserving freedom more. Milton.
Privileges; franchises; immunities. Your charter and your caty's freedom. Shak.
Exemption from necessity, in choise and action; as, the freedom of the will.
Ease; facility; as, he speaks or acts with freedom.
Frankness; openness; unreservedness. I emboldened spake and freedom used. Milton.
Improper familiarity; violation of the rules of decorum; license.
Generosity; liberality. [Obs.] Chaucer. Freedom fine, a sum paid on entry to incorporations of trades. -- Freedom of the city, the possession of the rights and privileges of a freeman of the city; formerly often, and now occasionally, conferred on one not a resident, as a mark of honorary distinction for public services.
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